Dare to dream a little dream or two. Reach the stars, your dreams can come true. A bit of history will start us off on this opinion piece. I ask, each person who reads this article, think a moment on what you want for the United States of America and the citizens within. Try to place yourself, in the halls of times past and the lack of practical technologies, the lingering future and the hopes of a few thousand, placed in the hands of one persons leadership and then watch it grow. I think it would be a neat game, if a programmer were to create a game called America: Destiny, the platform would put the player as every President in known history, facing each of those problems and the outcomes would be based on the players decisions, be them good, bad or accurately historic. All fantasy aside, please, read this article with an open mind and do give some of its contents some critical thought, feedback is welcomed. Thank you. Author, Scott Hall.

A long time ago, in a country just
beginning to find its way, there were some people, noted in History, as our
founding fathers. Fed up with a Monarchy, heavy and overbearing financial
oppression and religious segregation, a handful of countrymen, inspired many to
join in and fight for freedom upon a new land.
Many people paid the ultimate price with their lives, so that those
known as the founding fathers could establish and form a Constitution. This
document, carefully formed and thought out, represents the notion, that the
people of this great nation are actually the deciders of how this country grows
and protects its own people, the very same ones who took to the streets and
country sides to fight, including the people of the future generations who,
have done and will do the same, by taking up arms to defend their rights to be
Free of Tyrannical rule and dictatorships heavy laden with Oligarchy or Over
reaching powers. We know this to be true, as “We the People” is embossed within
its opening words and cemented in all staples of the USA’s History.

This
same group of men also saw fit, to allow the people to change those who
represent them, by voting and that the voice of the people, through votes cast
would be part of that same Constitution, written for the people, by the people
of a young, United States of America.
History will show, many great things happening, many tragedies that
shaped or changed how the country grew and faced those challenges, not even our
founders said that change or growth would be easy and in truth, if we add up
the bloodshed, the beatings, the public persecutions and segregation's that went
on for decades, this country has many dark moments. In each of those dark moments, came major
change, but only after the struggle to do what is right, not just what is popular
unfolded. From alcohol to voter’s rights, women’s rights to now, people’s
rights and an American Lives rights to affordable Health care while still
facing a changing world, full of persons who wish to harm as many of us as they
can or are able.

What
our country faces now, is really not much different than the challenges faced
by an early Congress and President, how best to take care of and serve the very
people who elected all persons in office.
Yes, it includes bringing in revenue and hoping that the revenue spent
is indeed for the benefit of all Americans.
I firmly believe that in our cores, the people of these United States
don’t really believe that America needs to be made great again, it needs some
fixing in a lot of areas, but America is, was and always will be, great. Thinking in terms of what the United States
could use to help all Americans, I have compiled a list of things that we
should all want and if those elected officials cannot make it happen and make
it fair for all, and then we need fresh minds in office that can.

1:
Term Limits on every member of Congress, no more than 2 terms can be
served. If being a politician is a
career, then all Colleges and Universities, under graduate studies and
elementary teachings MUST include courses designed to assist citizens to become
professionals in that field and once you decide to do so, then the salary of
your office will surely be adjusted as you are now working under contract for
the people of the United States of America and must renew your application to
continue working in that office, every year, paying dues just like many
professionals do who hold certain licensing or prestigious offices.

2:
Salary caps on those offices held, our representatives and leaders
should NOT be getting rich off of taxpayer money designated for salary,
eliminate the lifetime pension and all members must purchase their Health Care
from the same outlets given to all Americans and cannot receive preferential
treatment because of the office they hold, in other words, just because you
stubbed your toe, makes you no more entitled to a band aid when any American
does the same, sans the President.

3:
Caps on Health Insurance premiums, so that no American has to worry
about how affordable the insurance is, eliminate the sliding scale premium
based on credit score, pre existing conditions or anything that affects the
premiums cost, in short, people get sick, some more than others and if you’re
really wanting to stop the Cancers and such, stop making the things that
trigger it, that means over sight.

4: A cap on costs of Medical treatments
such as pharmacy costs with stricter regulations on the medicines
themselves. We do want to cure things
and feel better while we live our lives, but don’t give us a drug to treat a
headache that makes our muscles atrophy or pee ourselves, we are NOT guinea
pigs.

5:
Boost spending on Education, you want the best, help them to get there
by investing in the very people living right here in the USA. Better teachers
with more resources means more opportunities for students to learn and grow,
increase the amounts in the grant programs and make colleges more attainable to
all. If you allow privatized schools,
that means they are a business and should not hold special exemptions nor be
allowed special privileges, tax them fairly and include Congressional oversight
so that any “profits” are invested back into the students or the facility and
not into some CEO’s pocket book.

6:
Eliminate the IRS and replace them with multiple accounting firms,
designated for each region and adjust the withholding rates, based on the individual’s
percentage of contribution in that region.
It’s no secret that our top earners need to pay more of their share, so,
no more easy loopholes, everyone gets a standard set of deductions and since
business’s are considered people, tax them the same as you would a citizen. There are only two ways to eliminate debt,
raise revenue or cut spending, if we cut programs that assist people and not
the ones that suck up the most money, we are only setting ourselves up to have
one or two tax brackets fund the majority of the costs while the rest get drank
dry with no chance at recovery. It’s
money, not rocket science.

7:
Pay our Soldiers and Veterans their dues. No cost health coverage, more facilities and
specialize in a PTSD and other effects of war and service department. These folks paid a serious price, their
sanity is worth it and their sacrifices speak for themselves. Give them whatever
equipment they need and if the contracted people asked to build those things
can’t deliver on time, then give the military some factories, this will promote
a new set of skills and perhaps put a major stamp on truly, American Made
items. Don’t ignore the needs of these
citizens and that includes a fair wage while serving, at the very least, we owe
them that since they are being asked to put their lives on the line every
single day and at any beckon call.

8:
Eliminate the Electoral College popular vote’s wins every election,
every time. Go ahead, have your
conventions, but include in them: The independent’s convention and any other
party listed on the ballot, they all deserve equal access and application,
goodbye fat cats in your party’s cast for a candidate, the people should speak
always, loudly and clearly.

9:
The roads, bridges, sewers, water treatment and factories that are a
part of this nation, all need to be modernized and in doing so, find a cleaner
output so that the health issues that face us, due to air, water, food or what
have you, are diminished. We want these
things safe all of us see the potholes, cracks, rust, age and corrosion on many
of these things, so get to work, make them great again, create jobs and reduce
the jobless rate by investing in the countryside, coal and other CO2 producing
companies need to find and implement better ventilation and exhaust systems to
reduce the smog and soot filling our air and our children’s lungs.

10:
Anytime, the Federal government shuts down, all members lose their
salaries for the month it happens and stays a free job until they pass
legislation that keeps our countries Government running, with all the tax money
being paid in for you to do your job, not presenting a budget on time is not
only morose, but inexcusable. Fail to pass a budget twice in any 5 year period,
and all members of those seats, whether or not they have reached their second
term, lose their seat on the next election cycle.

11:
Enact a Federal agency, designed to oversee all law enforcement agencies
that are NOT part of the Federal Government, allot them a budget, that helps
bring all departments up to par in technology, staffing, resources and
salaries. Our first responders stand up
to most all disasters, so why not allow them the same safety and ability as we
do our military? All Lives Matter, so why not make it a death penalty crime for
killing any first responder, a felony for assault against a first responder and
equip all emergency medical personnel with overdose antidotes and anyone who
has one administered, has to go to a facility to get clean for a mandatory 6 months,
if they leave or refuse, 2 years in jail. The drug problem is everywhere from narcotics
to recreational items we can find a way to reduce the impact if we look at the
cores of the problems including, no methadone clinic can administer the drug to
a patient and send them home, those patients require monitoring, not a here’s
your weekend doses, don’t kill yourself.

12:
Control immigration, by sending anyone caught to be here without proper
ID or reasonable visa status, to Ellis Island, enroll them in a citizenship
program to become citizens and assign them the jobs to rebuild our
infrastructure while waiting, they will not receive any “free” assistance to a
degree, they must use their earnings to pay their fair share and if it means
healthcare, food, shelter or other, a percentage of that pay goes toward those
needs, equivalent to the benefits they would have otherwise been given for
free. If they refuse to become a US
citizen, deport them to their home country or another country willing to accept
them, if they are caught three times, prison for 10 years in a Federal Facility
where they will earn credits for time served, by completing citizenship
courses.

Yes,
living in America isn’t perfect, hell at times when we see things on the news
of goings on within our own borders, we are all likely to go out and buy new
locks. The majority of our country, live their lives in peace and work hard to
provide for their families and a few actually want their tax dollars spent
better than what it is now and for the right reasons. We all deserve to be treated as humans, even
if our money levels aren’t the same. To
say the poor are looking for a hand out is the same as saying no tax breaks for
the rich, both are financial class statements of how one views the other, as
though a poor child can’t be a doctor or a rich person a homeless shelter
inhabitant, the biggest problem we face right here in our own backyards, is
ourselves. Look at what we are allowing:
Mockery, Oligarchy, Weaponizing computers, Social unrest, Brutal violence and
needless gun violence, Education that will bankrupt most students by causing
them irrational debt in the name of higher education, while not allowing them a
living wage based on their skills, Opioid addiction, Help Systems abuse,
Increasing Homelessness (we have a homeless town in our country known as tent
city, think about that), Veterans being ignored or waiting months to see someone
for less than stellar care, Endless racisms and the end of Historic Monuments
in the name of “offensiveness”, well I too am offended, I’m offended by all the
dumbing down of our citizens and suppression of free thinking, I’m offended we
have allowed ourselves to be sucked into class warfare, I’m offended that
wealth equal education and that if you don’t make enough money, tough, your
life is in the skilled workers world, where physical injuries happen often and
disability is a possibility or even death, I’m offended we elected someone who
promised to rid the special interests but stockpiled the wealthiest persons in the
White House’s history and even said, “I just don’t want a poor person in that
position, does that make sense?”, I’m offended that we have ignored history’s
lessons, that we have thrown out being decent, respectable persons toward the
world and each other, I’m offended that any world leader would threaten nuclear
destruction and stay in power without consequence from the world and their own
countrymen and finally, I’m offended that we allow terrorists to have any say
so in this world at all, as a global community, there should be no debates or
barters or deals made to deal with this growing global problem, it should be,
whose ass needs kicking and where, I’m offended that we all dare to sell arms
to anyone and say, we need to have gun control, why not just melt them down the
answer is obvious, money rules your world, I’m all for the people of this
nation growing, learning, becoming more than they ever could imagine, but none
of this will be possible, until we rid ourselves of the things plaguing our
nation now, we will never overcome these challenges by taking them all on at
once, but for the love of God, focus and get it done the American way, with Liberty
and Justice for all. “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men [and
women] are equal.”

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